Rail structure



G. STANDFEST. JR

RAIL STRUCTURE Filed April 5', 1927 All: ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 30, 1927. i

UNITED STATES- GEORGE STANDFEST, JR., 0F ROCHESTER, NEW' YORK.

RAIL STRUCTURE.

Application :ned April 5,

The present invention relates to rail structures and an object thereof is to provide construction which will so-support a joint between two rails that the sagging or depression of one end relatively to the other will be prevented. y A further object of the invention is to provideV a connecting shoe adaptedto be arranged vunder two abutting rails to bridge the jolntand to extend over a plurality of ties so as to prevent the sagging of the rails at the joint.

To these and otherr ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter de-V scribed: the novel features being pointed out in the appended claim. l

In the drawings: y

Fig.v l is aside view of a rail structure constructed in accordance with this invention;y

Fig. 2 is a plan view;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view lof a connecting shoe; and

Fig. l is an enlarged section on the line* 1 -4, Fig. 2.

' The present structure is more particularly designed for street railways, although not limited thereto. In the street railways it is customary to embed the ties in a cement bed and the heavy cars passing over the joints gradually cause a depression of the ends of the rail at the joint, thus requiring the digging up of the tie and cementr adjacent the joint at a great deal of expense in order to eliminate this sag or depression. v

In accordance with this invention a connecting shoe is arranged under two rail sections to bridge the joint between them, this shoe resting upon av plurality of ties so that the weight of the car is distributed at the joint throughout a large portion of the track structure instead of at the joint as with the usual construction.

Referring more particularly to the drawings which illustrate one embodiment of the invention, 1 indicates the j tie, and 2 the rail sections arranged end to end to provide joints 3. These rail sections restvupon con- 1927. Serial No. 181,180.1y Y

Anecting shoes or plates 4 which have a length sufficient to extend over a plurality of ties,

in the present instance, four.- rIhis connecting shoe has formed in one face a longitudinally extending groove 5 the width of which is substantially equal to the width of the base of the rail. This shoe also has openings G on opposite sides of the groove 5V for the reception ot' the spikes or 'rail fasteners 7, these openings being out of alignment on opposite sides of the groove. The upper ends of these openings are widened and tapered at 7n so as to facilitate the entrance of the spikes 7.

From the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a rail structure in which the joint between the rail sections is supported on a connecting shoe which is also supported upon a plurality Aof ties so that the weight of thevehicle in traveling over the oint is distributed upon more than one tie. rlhe connecting shoe has a longitudinally extending groove in which the base of the rail rests and spike openings are provided on opposite sidespof this groove Vfor rail securing spikes.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters' Patent is:

The combination with two rail sections arranged end to end to provide a joint between them, and a plurality oftiesfsupporting said rail sections, of a shoe on which the two rail sections rest bridging the joint and supported on a plurality of ties, said shoe having a longitudinally extending groove in which the bases' of the rail sections are received the sides of theV grooves extending above the outer edges of the bases of the rail sections and being provided with spike openings'V onv the opposite sides of the groove with enlarged upper ends, and spikes passing through said i openings, overhanging the bases of the rail sections, anchoredV in the ties and having their heads received'in the enlarged portions at the upper ends ofthe openings.

GEORGE sTANDEEsT, i, Ja. l 

